2019 Agenda

Take a look at the full agenda of 2019's Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems Workshop held at the European Central Bank (ECB), including invited talks, panels, paper sessions, keynotes, and welcome addresses by an incredible global network of top-tier speakers.

Registration

8:30 am

9:00 am

Welcome Address

9:00 am

9:10 am

Helmut Wacket (ECB)

Keynote Speech: Financial Market Transparency: The Biological Underpinnings of New Business Models for Central Banks, Regulators, and Financial Institutions in a Decentralized World

9:10 am

9:40 am

Paolo Sironi (FinTech Thought Leader and Author)

First Paper Session: Regulation Automata: Efficient Supervision of Distributed-Ledger Based Finance

9:40 am

10:10 am

Raphael Auer (Bank for International Settlements) and Tarik

Second Paper Session: Vertically Disintegrated Platforms

11:00 am

11:30 am

Tarik Roukny (KU Leuven) and Taojun Xie (Singapore Management University)

Third Paper Session: Central Bank Digital Currency with Adjustable Interest Rate in Small Open Economies

11:00 am

11:30 am

Taojun Xie (Singapore Management University)

Fourth Paper Session: Overcoming Economic Stagnation in Low-Income Communities with Programmable Money

11:30 am

12:00 pm

Yakko Majuri (BlockchainBH) and Patrick Osborne (UCL)

First Panel Discussion: Decentralisaiton and the European Regulatory Framework: How to Find the Balance in a Dynamic Environment

12:00 pm

2:00 pm

Yakko Majuri (BlockchainBH), Marius Jurgilas (Bank of Lithuania), Domenico Gammaldi (Bank of Italy), Chiara Rossetti (London Stock Exchange Group), Gilbert Verdian (Quant Network), and Dirk Bullman (ECB)

Fireside Chat with Dan Morgan, Head of Regulatory Relations in Europe, Ripple

2:00 pm

2:15 pm

Dan Morgan (Ripple), Thomas Wilson (Reuters)

Fifth Paper Session: A Blockchain Game in Eurasian Energy Trading

2:15 pm

2:45 pm

Patrick Osborne (UCL) and Yakko Majuri (BlockchainBH)

Sixth Paper Session: A Model for Stablecoin Cryptocurrency Markets

2:45 pm

3:30 pm

Ariah Klages-Mundt (Cornell University) and Akaki Mamageishvili (ETH Zurich)

Seventh Paper Discussion: Optimal Smart Contracts with Costly Verification

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Akaki Mamageishvili (ETH Zurich) and Ariah Klages-Mundt (Cornell University)

Second Panel Discussion: Decentralised Systems in the Financial Ecosystem: A Market Perspective

4:00 pm

5:30 pm

Kathrin Gfall-Gapp (Erste Group), Garrick Hileman (Blockchain.com), Daniel Heller (Fnality Ioana Surpateanu, Citi), and Tom Wilson (Reuters)

Closing Remarks

5:30 pm

Paolo Tasca (UCL CBT)